Projects 1941 Ford Pickup

Good eye Mike, yes they are and verde is right. Not 100% why they did it this way but it seems easier to just heat and re bend the spring mounts. Anyhow I'm in Ottawa/Streator IL for the week so more work this coming weekend, I think I have all the parts I need.

 

Man ooh man what a find.

I bet you could hardly contain yourself when you got the okay to buy it - I would have snapped it up too.

nothing finer than a pickup.

Off topic, but can anyone tell me if you can buy a repop 32 pickup bed???

 

Very cool little truck. Hope she runs with little effort for you

 

THE RADIATOR LOOKS TO BE AN OLD JIM BABB RADIATOR, MOST ALL IN SO CAL USED THEM IN THE '70S EARLY '80S BEFORE HE PASSED.

 

And the plot thickens..........

 

I love it. That's a hot rod right there.

 

Looks good! Nice everyday ride. Good Luck.

 

No real progress pics worthy of posting. Just jumping around fixing stuff, brakes, trans cooler lines, trans cooler mounting, fuel lines.....

I get caught up in fixing stuff that's not to my liking (whether it's aesthetics or safety).

 

Question on the rear spring hangers, does this look solid enough or does it need a top and bottom piece to box it in.........or am I being too overkill again.

The homemade bracket holds a cast spring hanger, it's thick plate and good welds, but the gap has me wondering.

 

It's funny, the pics above of the frame, it's dust on the top, it's still gloss black underneath. Also some odd pieces are chromed, the front bumper brackets, the front spring shackles, the rear spring u bolts and the homemade rear bumper.

When I took off the chrome water neck because of corrosion around it (the PO was worried the rest of the motor inside looked that bad) it was packed full of dried walnut sized corrosion chunks. It was on top of the thermostat also, but luckily when I pulled the t-stat inside the intake was clean. So it has a new cast aluminum housing now....the stock ones from the local chain stores aren't cast iron anymore.

Some more random progress pics:
Fuel lines run, just need to clear coat them.

Trans cooler lines bent and cooler mounted, now I just need to clean it up, make some holes and paint it black....want to hide it as much as I can and nobody likes flat plate aluminum .


F100 brakes done, just have to put bearings in the hubs. I couldn't find the spring kit for the non self adjusting even if I wanted to.

 

The backside of the tires touch the leaf sometimes (tire has some wear), I found a place to make 7.5" diameter spacers so it will contact the whole wheel not just around the lugs. I also found some longer studs, but had to turn down the shoulder on the lathe. More pics to follow.

 

Well it really runs on it's own now (fuel system and trans system) of course I left the camera there, but I did manage to get this quick video of it running. Everything so far works, even the Craig radio....I just need to find a 8 track tape.

 

Also anyone know if the aluminum Powerglide had the same dipsticks. The top broke off and I don't know what type or year the trans is from.

 

Nice work Dan

 

Thanks Scott.

I did also want to post about the F100 conversion just in case everyone didn't know. There are 2 wheel seals for this conversion and everything I read only talked about 1. You need to measure the seal hub on the spindle, 1 1/2" is the National 450461 (in all the articles), if it's 1 9/16" then you need a National 473441. If you have the wrong seal it won't go on the last 1/4" or so, you can force it but it drags bad.

So still waiting for wheel spacers and a reamer to open the rear lug holes for the 1/4" longer studs. I found a place that uses 7.5" od blanks to make wheel spacers, the truck has multi lug wheels on the rear and the standard spacers didn't cover all the way to the edge of the wheel mating surface.

Should finish the brakes this weekend and the rear wheel studs. Hopefully the Powerglide hangs around for awhile, I changed the filter/fluid and there was a lot of friction material paste in the pan bottom.

 

Here's the trans cooler finished, kind of a shame to paint it black as I spent time on the holes and cleaning it up.......but I wanted to hide it as much as I could. I even put it at an angle so the foot print was smaller as you look at the grille.

 

I think your right.....from Google.

 

Same as to what ? Other aluminum glides ? 62-73 is the last design. It will not interchange with a turbo 350 without altering the shape of the tube but I do not know if the 350 stick alone will interchange.

 

It's an aluminum Powerglide (I think later 60's or 70s), but without knowing year or model I was hoping the dipsticks were the same. Mine broke under the handle.

 

All the late ones used the same pan so I'd say yes.

 

Thanks Johnny, I'm going to try to weld it and find a backup...just in case.

 

Not all Glides had the same length dipstick or dipstick tube. On the right hand side of the transmission pan will be a series of letters/numbers. Post that and we may be able to narrow down what it was in originally (the Powerglide). How long is the Glide, 25 or 28 inches long? That may help ID it also. Is the intake an Offenhauser 360 degree intake with the split runners for each port? Far better intakes out there if it is. I am Butch/56sedeandelivery.

 

Will check tomorrow after work.

Thanks

 

I forgot to check the overall length, but the pan numbers are C0211D. Yes it's an Offy 360, it was on it when I bought it....I want to find a spreadbore intake for it but It needs to have the oil filler neck pointing to the pass side.

 

Just learned about a product called "BriteBoy" metal cleaner, one of the best cleaners for chrome, brass, etc. It's Bar keepers friend for stainless and BriteBoy for everything else, hardly any scrubbing. Now just waiting for some more parts.

Here's the chrome I thought was damaged, plus the brass radiator.





And the rear bumper before and after....

 

Here's the longer studs with the shoulders turned down....had to slightly ream out the holes for the studs to fit.

Interior cleaned and chrome polished....again thanks BriteBoy.


The front F100 brakes done (had some good drums, blast cabinet and spray can), brake lines run and system bled.



Plus some trans cooler lines bent up....had to break them up for ease.

 

Finally got the wheel spacers, so all that's left to do is wire up repaired tail lights, adjust the brakes, put the wheels back on and test drive. If all is good I found nos gauges (except speedo), have runtz reducers....it's time to ditch the under dash gauges and go back to the stock dash.

I also found an 8 track tape at a local swapmeet, the player works . So now I have an 8 track to cassette adapter and a cassette to iPod adapter coming.

 

Nice work Dan as always, hope to see you at the GNRS

 

Thanks Scott, I should be there on Sat and maybe with the '41.

 

Well she's a runner. Still have a few small things to do, but drove her around town today.......it's a little warm in the cab without the cowl vent but everything works good. More pics to follow and I'll keep posting on this thread when I do more work on it.